Leucocyte (album)

Leucocyte
Leucocyte
Studio album by Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Released	30 September 2008
Recorded	January 17–18, 2007
Genre	Jazz
Length	74:38
Label	ACT Music
Esbjörn Svensson Trio chronology

Leucocyte is a posthumous jazz album that Esbjörn Svensson Trio released on 30 September 2008 after pianist Esbjörn Svensson had died in June 2008.

Track listing

Decade
Premonition I: Earth
Premonition II: Contorted
Jazz
Still
Ajar
Leucocyte I: Ab Initio
Leucocyte II: Ad Interim
Leucocyte III: Ad Mortem
Leucocyte IV: Ad Infinitum

Reception

Allmusic found that "more than any other recording issued by this excellent band, Leucocyte captures the art of music making at the moment of conception."^[1] PopMatters said that the album "is refreshing if not always easy or fun listening. E.S.T. could have continued making contemplative or gospel-tinged acoustic jazz in the Jarrett/ECM mode (the brief “Ajar” here is a fine example), but Svensson and his group have been frying bigger fish from the start."^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
PopMatters	(7/10)^[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	64
French Albums (SNEP)^[4]	59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	83

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	76

References

^ ^a ^b Jurek, Thom "Review". Allmusic. (accessed 7 January 2009)
^ ^a ^b Layman, Will (8 December 2008), "Leucocyte". PopMatters.com (accessed 7 January 2008)
^ "Austriancharts.at – E.S.T. – Leucocyte" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Lescharts.com – E.S.T. – Leucocyte". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – E.S.T. – Leucocyte" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – E.S.T. – Leucocyte". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Swisscharts.com – E.S.T. – Leucocyte". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Årslista Album – År 2008" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[Allmusic-1] Jurek, Thom "Review". Allmusic. (accessed 7 January 2009)

[PopMatters-2] Layman, Will (8 December 2008), "Leucocyte". PopMatters.com (accessed 7 January 2008)

[ac_Austria_E.S.T.-3] "Austriancharts.at – E.S.T. – Leucocyte" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[ac_France_E.S.T.-4] "Lescharts.com – E.S.T. – Leucocyte". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[ac_Germany4_E.S.T.-5] "Offiziellecharts.de – E.S.T. – Leucocyte" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[ac_Sweden_E.S.T.-6] "Swedishcharts.com – E.S.T. – Leucocyte". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[ac_Switzerland_E.S.T.-7] "Swisscharts.com – E.S.T. – Leucocyte". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[8] "Årslista Album – År 2008" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

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v t e Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. Esbjörn Svensson Dan Berglund Magnus Öström
Studio albums	Winter in Venice (released 1997) Good Morning Susie Soho (released 2000) Strange Place for Snow (2001) Seven Days of Falling (2003) Tuesday Wonderland (2006) Leucocyte (2007) 301 (2007)
Live albums	E.S.T. Live in London (2005) E.S.T. Symphony (2016)